Covido's definitions

Cybersix

When millions of numerically challenged netizens apparently or unexplainably want to read more about the properties of the number six than those of other one-digit whole numbers much to the surprise of mathematicians, psychologists, and even theologians.

Why cybersix attracts so much interest even among math-anxious folks? Are they curious to know more about the six days of creation, as described in the Bible? Do they want to read up about the beautiful properties of the perfect number six? Or, could it be something else that isn’t so obvious to most logical or puritan minds?

by Covido July 22, 2022

Post-Covid Syndrome

A condition whereby some recovering corona patients suffer from cognitive symptoms or delusional disorder—for example, some seniors uncontrollably start spewing out all kinds of lies and conspiracies, or refuse to acknowledge reality.

The president-loser is arguably suffering from post-covid syndrome—is the FDA-unapproved “miracle drug” he took weeks ago now playing tricks on his brain, who is asking his lawyers whether he’d sue the doctors for negligence or incompetence.

by Covido December 7, 2020

There is more than one way to bake a pi.

A geeky way of saying that one can derive the value of π from different methods, whose approximated values could be obtained from fractions or formulas.

Just as there are many ways to skin a mathematical cat, there is more than one way to bake a pi.

by Covido February 27, 2022

Vaccine Intimacy

The hypothesis that the gender of the offspring of a couple is influenced not only by the jab or booster each party took, but also by the order in which the shots were taken.

A leaked out document from a Chinese lab that is investigating whether vaccine intimacy is pure nonsense or not reveals these alleged possibilities:
Pfizer + Moderna: Boy
Moderna + Pfizer: Girl
Sinovac + Pfizer: Twins
Sputnik + Sinovac + Sinopharm: Unknown

by Covido February 12, 2022

Armchair Math

When authors of pop math books or e-books try to give their readers a make-believe mathematical experience, by keeping formulas and equations to a minimum, because for the publisher, every additional equation in the book has the potential of halving the sales figures.

Dubbed as “math lite,” armchair math goes some way in helping math-anxious readers appreciate the beauty, ubiquity, and utility of math in real life.

by Covido April 12, 2022

Covid-404

The error message Miss Corona saw when she visited Satan’s website, which had crashed as a result of tens of thousands of his ambassadors accessing it, who felt defenseless against the half-dozen vaccines currently available in the market.

When Covid-404 popped up on her screen, Ms. Corona knew that her days on Earth are numbered, and that it’s time for her to get ready to journey to other planets to carry on her deadly mission.

by Covido March 2, 2021

Covid-Minded

When you spend an unhealthy part of your day feeling anxious or paranoiac about the coronavirus and its effects on your life and those of your loved ones.

Those with a covid-minded attitude would likely increase their anxiety or stress level, which could lead some vulnerable folks to end their lives prematurely.

by Covido July 1, 2021